Mitch Miller The Definitive Collection (2CD Set)

$ 13.98

Head of A&R for Columbia for Over 15 Years, TV Star, Oboist and English Horn Player, Mitch Miller Exerted an Outsized Influence on Pop Music During the ‘50s and Early ‘60s

Signed and/or Produced Such Talents as Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mathis,Guy Mitchell, and Many Others

Miller Was Also a Bestselling Recording Artist in His Own Right, Releasing 13 Top Ten Albums and a Series of Charting Singles Often Credited to “Mitch Miller & The Gang”

The Definitive Collection Includes 38 Tracks That Span His Recording Career at Columbia

Features Such Hits and Favorites as “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,” “Meet Mister Callaghan,” the Famous “The River Kwai March”/ ”Colonel Bogey March” Medley, “Song for a Summer Night,” “The Guns of Navarone,” and “The Longest Day”

Notes by Gene Sculatti

Photos from the Columbia Vaults

Remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in NYC

Sing Along with Mitch on 38 Tracks!

There was never anybody like Mitch Miller in the music business. And there never will be again. Head of A&R for Columbia for over 15 years, star of his own television show on NBC, accomplished oboist and English Horn player, Miller was enormously influential on pop music during the ‘50s and early ‘60s, producing and nurturing the careers of such popular artists as Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and many others, while famously passing on more rock and roll-oriented acts like Elvis, The Beatles, and Buddy Holly. But Miller’s contribution didn’t stop there—he was also a successful recording artist in his own right, recording13 Top Ten albums and a series of bestselling singles with an orchestra and chorus, often credited to Mitch Miller and the Gang. Spanning the years 1950 to 1962, The Definitive Collection covers virtually his entire recording career at Columbia, and includes such chart-topping highlights as “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,” “Meet Mister Callaghan,” the famous “The River Kwai March”/”Colonel Bogey March” medley, “Song for a Summer Night,” and more, plus the movie themes “The Guns of Navarone” and “The Longest Day.” Gene Sculatti’s notes (festooned with photos from the Columbia vault) trace a career arc like no other in the annals of the music industry. 38 freshly remastered tracks (by Maria Triana at Battery Studios) for you to sing along with Mitch!

Disc : 11. The Yellow Rose of Texas2. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena3. Meet Mister Callaghan4. Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes)5. Lisbon Antigua (In Old Lisbon)6. Song for a Summer Night7. Elaine (Gitane)8. Napoleon9. Without My Lover (Bolero Gaucho)10. Under Paris Skies (Sous le ciel de Paris)11. The Bonnie Blue Gal12. Piece for English Horn13. Greensleeves14. Song of Delilah15. The Bowery Grenadiers16. Medley: The River Kwai March/Colonel Bogey March17. The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)18. You Are My Sunshine19. Do-Re-MiDisc : 21. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)2. On Top of Old Smokey3. Shenandoah4. When the Red Robin Comes Bob Bobbin' Along5. Tunes of Glory6. Jeepers Creepers7. It's Only a Paper Moon8. Red River Valley9. That Old Gang of Mine10. The Longest Day11. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen12. Beautiful Ohio13. The Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart"14. The Whistler and His Dog15. By the Light of the Silvery Moon16. Bidin' My Time17. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair18. The Guns of Navarone19. Goodnight Sweetheart